Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<LRZeitlin@aol.com> wrote: > Doug Herr writes: > >> The professional-grade camera will handle dropping, getting punted like a >> football, being stood on, rained on, dropped in muddy rivers, and recover >> well enough to keep making pictures. The consumer-grade camera suffers >> horribly at this abuse. Most consumers baby their cameras so the abuse >> tolerance is good enough.>> > > The only camera I know of that will tolerate this kind of treatment is a > Nikonos II or III. I'll tell you what Doug, you punt your Leica into a muddy > stream and I'll punt my Nikonos in. Then we'll see which one can still take > pictures. I prefer to keep my Leicas dry. > > Larry Z Ted's adventure with cow manure is the stuff legends are made of, and Tina's treatment of her M6 to a muddy Honduran river is also well known. I don't recommend abuse like this but the Leicas can still take pictures. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html